# SII 12.52: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: Nandivarman III. No. 52. (A.R. No. 49 of 1905).
DAḶAVĀṈŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR AT THE
ENTRANCE INTO THE ROCK-CUT CAVE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0052

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0052.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a damaged record of Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman dated in his 15th
year. It seems to register some agreement given by a temple servant
residing at Veṇbēḍu to a certain Mōḍaṉ, who had made an endowment of one
kaḻañju of gold. Veṇbēḍu may be identified with the village of the same
name in the Chingleput taluk.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovicaiya ⟨2⟩ nantivikkiramap⟨3⟩paru(makku) yāṇṭu
(pa)ti⟨4⟩ṉaintāvatu veṇ⟨5⟩peṭṭuvāḻum taḷiUṭai(ya) ⟨6⟩ (kāḷaya) I [4+]
(makaṉte)⟨7⟩[1 lost line] ⟨8⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨9⟩ (mulaṅkūrp) pur(ai)ca(r)
⟨10⟩ moṭaṉṉiṭaik ka⟨11⟩ḻañcu(p po)ṉ muta⟨12⟩l koṇṭu Ippo

## Commentary

⟨7–8⟩ Damaged.

⟨12⟩ The continuation of the inscription is badly damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.52 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
21, item 52.